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May 2001, Issue no. 5

    

       

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This Month's Features


Enter here for the full articleIts all in this biscuit - find out how edible science can be. Carotino-a novel way to combat  micronutrient deficiencies in school-children. 


Enter here for the full pictureFossils hold the secrets to the millenia.  Find out the secrets South Africa's unique fish fossil finds hold - the Age of Fishes - 410 million years ago.  


Enter here for the full articleScientists have developed a soybean crop which is sustaining and enriching the lives of many Nigerians. Find out why some women regard tofu as their "second husband". 

 


Enter here for the full articleTake some stones, a few poles, add some people, throw in some enthusiasm and you've got a great recipe to start building the road towards sustainability - community forestry starts here.  


 

   

Articles in this Issue


She has graced many magazines and will for many years as she slowly divulges more of her secrets. Mr or Mrs Ples? 


This month's showcase organisation is Botswana's Living with Elephants.


Anxiety and stress disorders - what is OCD and what is being done?  


03121960 - anyone's birthday perhaps? A mathematician takes a look into numerology.


Science for Cyberkids! This month, Granny takes kids on an astral trip. 


Funding for research - Calling for applications for two fellowships for women scientists. 


Tapwater or bottled water - is there a difference? What is the real cost of bottled water ?


From a tiny town in South Africa to the rest of world - Microscience kits are educating children in 35 countries. 


A report on conserving marine resources in West Africa - human activities should work with nature rather than against it.


Its elementary - precisely what budding scientists may think in a few years of the  first African held school for particle physics.


Conservationist banned from Bui National Park, Ghana. Concern for Bui hippos.

 


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